Bexar County Overcomes 15,000 COVID-19 Cases

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio and Bexar County reported 351 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the total case count to 15,102.

After 13 cases of COVID-19 were reported over the weekend, two new deaths were reported on Monday. The victims included a Hispanic man in his 40s and a Hispanic woman in his 60s. The death toll is now 132.

Hospitalizations are still seeing a rapid increase in COVID-19 patients, and there are currently 1,168 patients in the hospital, according to the city website. Of those patients, 382 are in intensive care and 213 patients are on ventilators. Only 12% of staffed hospital beds are available and 51% of ventilators are available.

The city of San Antonio announced Sunday that its free COVID-19 test sites will only screen people who experience symptoms of the virus, beginning Monday, July 6. If you are asymptomatic or have been exposed to the virus and want to be tested, you will have to do it at a health center.

Free city-operated trial sites include the following: Freeman Coliseum, Kazen Middle School, and Cuellar Community Center.

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